I meant to update sooner but the damn flu has kept me down and out these past few days.

It's another short chapter, but I promise the next few will be longer and more interesting. Hopefully, anyway!

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"How's Cas doing?" Anna stood over me as I sat with my back to the door to Cas' room.

"Well he still won't come out...but I did hear movement about half an hour ago so that's progress. He'll have to come out to use the bathroom at some point." Ever since the Dean incident he had locked himself in his room, refusing to let anyone in.

"I brought him a sandwich; PB&J, his favourite.I squished it a little so it'll fit under his door." She handed me a plate and we both worked on shoving it under the door. There was a couple minutes of silence before the sandwich's shadow disappeared.

"It tastes like molecules..." Cas complained, shoving it back under the door and returning to his solitude.

"Ah, well. It was worth a try." I sighed, shifting into a more comfortable position.

"I'm worried about him." Anna said sadly.

"He'll be fine, he won't do anything drastic."

"I know, it's just all this crap is going in and I wish everything was back to how it used to be. I want our normal lunch table back. I miss it so much." There had been a lot of discord lately and I couldn't even remembered the last time everyone was sitting together at the table. I didnt realize it meant so much to Anna.

"You know, the worst part of the angels talking to me is not the tihings they tell me to do to myself. I can deal with that. It's when they tell me that you guys aren't my real friends. That youre just pretending to be my friends and when Im not around you make fun of me." Her breathing hitched a little and she struggled to continue on. "I know they're not real and I know it's not true but it's so hard not to believe it when it's being screamed in your head twenty-four hours a day."

"Anna..." I didnt know what else to say.

"You guys are all I have. If I were to lose you, I don't know what I'd do." She stood up quickly to hide her tears and ran down the hallway into her room. As her door slammed, I felt the one behind me open up and I fell backwards.

"I have to pee..." Cas mumbled as he stepped over me. His eyes were rather puffy and he had bothered to put to his tie on the right way. It had been six years since I had seen him with his tie like that. Within minutes I had left the house and was on my way back to the motel.

"Where's your brother?" I asked Sam brusquely when he answered the door.

"Umm, watching TV, just over there." He pointed behind himself and I shoved past him and flipped the TV off.

"I was watching that!" Dean complained as he shoved a handful of chips into his mouth.

"Outside. Now. We have to talk." I snapped and he jumped to his feet rather quickly. I didnt realize I sounded so threatening. With him cowering, I lead him outside trying to keep my own emotions in check.

"You are the biggest asshole I have ever met." Not a great start to the conversation but I had forgotten all the retorts I had prepared.

"What did I do?" He looked confused.

"You and Ruby, yesterday! Cas and I saw you!" I gesticulated wildly as if it would prove my point.

"You were spying on me?" He said incredulously. "And what does it matter anyway?"

"Because Cas likes you! He really, really likes you." I dropped my hands to my sides in defeat.

"He does?!...I mean, does he now?"

"Yes, he does. We were coming here to tell you."

"I'm not gay, Baby. I-I dont like guys..." He avoided my gaze.

"It doesn't even matter anymore, I just wanted you to know." I started to walk away.

"Wait, Baby...In case it does matter, Ruby and I aren't a thing. I dont know what I was thinking...I'm still not gay though!" He sounded flustered but I was too tired to figure it out.

"Whatever. See you on Monday, maybe." I waved halfheartedly but turned to look back when I had gotten out of the parking lot. Dean was still standing there, blushing bright red and kicking his feet in the dust. I had done all I could.

At lunch on Monday, I was surprised to see Meg, Dean, and Cas absent from our table. Anna looked vaguely miserable about it but I didnt mention anything until Meg came flying into the lunch room.

"You. With me. Now!" She panted as she came to a halt in front of me. Without getting a chance to answer, she had already taken off again and I had to run to keep up. We went outside the school and start heading down the path Cas and I used to get to our hiding spot.

"Wait a minute, how do you know about this place? Did you follow us before?" I gaped at her as our pace slowed somewhat down.

"Yeah, way back when I thought you two were an item and were coming here to hook up." She spoke as if it was old news.

"You what?"

"Quiet down! They'll hear us." She shushed me loudly as we headed into the trees and a bit farther along, she motioned for me to start crawling. I grumbled under my breath about pine needles in my hands and dirt stains on my new jeans, but Meg just shushed me again and pointed up ahead to the clearing. Dean and Cas were completely attached at the lips, kissing as if the world depended on it.

"Not gay, my ass.." I murmured and Meg didnt even bother to try and shut me up. We could've been screaming and the two of them wouldn't have paid any attention. "How did you find the! Like this?"

"I watched them leave the school together and figured I'd follow. Honestly, I was expecting another fight, not this." We both viewed the scene with interest for another couple of minutes before it began to feel slightly creepy and we opted to leave, simply walking out this time instead of bothering to crawl.

"So...I guess that's a thing now." Meg said as we headed back to the school and I couldn't help but giggle.

"Apparently. How long do you think it'll take for them to announce it?"

"Probably never if they can help it...I dont know how well received it will be. I mean sure, we're fine with it, but their parents, the other kids at school, this isn't exactly the most liberal area now is it?" Her words caught me off guard and I felt my smile fade.

"It'll be fine...Everything will be okay now." I had said these words too many times for them to hold any truth.

Even I couldn't believe them anymore.